united states and around the world. it is wednesday, october 19th. i m christine romans. we should hopefully know the winners of the mid-term election. the latest cnn polling shows the economy and inflation are the top issues for voters. later today president biden will announce the sale of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. that will happen in december. mr. biden s aim is to ease gas prices. the move fulfills the administration s decision back in march to release a total of 180 million barrels from the reserve over a six-month period. we get more now from cnn s phil mattingly. reporter: president biden and his top economic officials have for several months made trying to do something, anything to dampen skyrocketing gas prices a central priority, if not the top priority both politically and economically for the administration. over the course of the summer they had a pretty good run, three months of consecutive drops. a run that was put into qu
this morning an alleged serial killer is off the street. the suspect s reign of terror in our community has come to an end. how police were able to track him down as they say he was on the hunt for his next victim. and new york city has seen a surge of migrants in recent months. how the city is handling the influx and how they re hoping the federal government can help. inflation burning through the profits of some small businesses. how bakeries are trying to stay afloat amid the rising costs of some key ingredients. and why the arctic has suddenly become one of the hottest pieces of real estate on the planet and why one senator is urging the u.s. to act fast. new day starts now . it is sunday, october 16th. thank you so much for waking up with us. boris, good to see you. great to see you. it is a new week and we re grateful that you re starting it with us. we begin this morning with relief for some neighbors in stockton, california, where police have ared soxed
showing the threats congressional leaders faced as they fled the capitol during the january 6th riots. the exclusive video is from filmmaker alexandra pelosi. she is the daughter of house speaker nancy pelosi and was shooting a documentary on the day of the insurrection. the video shows speaker pelosi and other congressional leaders as they sheltered at ft. mcnair, a military base in the washington, d.c., area after being rushed away from the capitol mob. they are still trying to penetrate the building and it s not a safe thing because we are trying to figure out how to get this job done today. we talked to mitch about it earlier. he is not in the room right now, but he was with us earlier. and he said we want to expedite this and, hopefully, confine to just one complaint and then we can vote and that would be, you know, then just move forward the rest of the state. while that was happening at the same time vice president pence was holed up at an underground loading dock
out among s a crowd of political science at an intersection. that s exactly what i wanted was just to see my sign and have a laugh with people. that s right, lucky us. there is a little something to laugh about. so what s one guy really up to you and what s he doing with the money people are giving him? so the big number of the day is not 1.3 billion, the lottery is over folks. the big number is 100. which is 100 days away from the 2022 midterm elections. just a holidays away from getting answers to some of our most precious and political questions. how will voters react to the fall of roe v. wade and will democrats be able to maintain control of the house and senate? well president biden still approval ratings be a liability to his party? a lot of questions. and we re turning to monica alba for answers. let s start with you. so you ve been following the senate race in missouri where disgraced former governor eric greitens is hoping to win the gop nomination. he previ